Learn about this topic in these articles:

patterns of migration

Other bats travel even greater distances. In the United States the red bat (
Lasiurus borealis), the large hoary bat (
L. cinereus), and the
silver-haired bat (
Lasionycteris noctivagans)—three species that roost primarily in trees and shrubs—are true migrants with strong powers of flight. They summer in the northern United States and in Canada and winter in...

The North American red and hoary bats (
Lasiurus borealis and
L. cinereus) and the
silver-haired bat (
Lasionycteris noctivagans) migrate in the fall from the northern United States and Canada to the southern United States and beyond, returning in the spring.